G. Isac et Le. Persson, ON AN INEQUALITY RELATED TO THE ISOTONICITY OF THE PROJECTION OPERATOR, Journal of approximation theory, 86(2), 1996, pp. 129-143
In connection to the study of the isotonicity of the projection operat
or onto a closed convex set in an ordered Hilbert space, Isac has rece
ntly remarked the importance of an inequality named ''the property of
four elements'' (PFE). In this paper a sharp inequality closely connec
ted to (PFE) is proved in a Banach space setting. The property (PFE),
for Lyapunov functionals V is introduced and studied. Some application
s are included. (C) 1996 Academic Press, Inc.